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MC 298
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Margaret S. Sullivan Papers (MC 298)
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These are the papers of Margaret Sue Sullivan, PhD (1935-2012). They include her school papers, research materials (mainly focusing on Carson McCullers and Lillian Smith) from graduate school through her later life, newspaper clippings of local and national events, copies of her dissertation, photographs, audio recordings and a varied and voluminous correspondence.
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1897-2011
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Margaret Sue Sullivan, Caron McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Lillian Smith, American Literature, Margarita Smith, Rita Smith,
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John Lackey Brown (1914-2003) and his wife Simone were friends of both Carson and Reeves McCullers. John had a long career with the Department of State. His papers are at the archives of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C]
All the letters on this tape are from John and/or Simone and are addressed to Carson and/or Reeves, unless otherwise noted. The effects of the McCarthy-inspired purge of the Department of State caused by the activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee touch the Browns in 1953 and are frequently referred to, as well as Carson's departure from France and separation from Reeves, and his deterioration over the course of 1953 and 1954. Sullivan reads:
"This is a series of letters having to do with the death of Reeves, but I'm going to read some happier letters first from John and Simone Brown. He was with the Foreign Service of the United States of American in France."
August 10th, 1950 from the Browns to Carson and Reeves. John described his family's August vacation situation, with Simone and the children in the mountains above a river and him on Mount Parness. He enclosed a "rather idiotic" review of The Member of the Wedding and tells them that Carl Brooks is very interested in bringing out her short stories, and remains hopeful about her new novel "in utero", saying "all seems sweetness and light on the HM [Houghton Mifflin] front". He is looking forward to the month of September in the Dordogne region of France where he hopes to finish a study of local domed churches and the Byzantine influence in France. He also hopes to reread some favorite books and study Dante and not look at a newspaper for the entire time. He asks Carson for a copy of her poems.
December 31, 1950 (postcard) wishing Reeves and Carson a happy new year for 1951
Good Friday evening, 1951 saying that although they had not had much time together, the McCullers had seemed much more like family that their "real" families, and they looked forward to seeing more of them in the future. He describes an idyllic day in the French countryside, gathering eggs from their hens and ducks for breakfast, walking in the fields full of daffodils, visiting a nearby chateau and a 9th century church in the village, remarking on the contrast to the turmoil going on in Paris, just 15 miles away with the on-going strikes of railway workers, bus drivers, subway workers and even of the undertakers. He describes a recent tour he had made through eastern France and Belgium lecturing on recent American novelists (much of it focused on her works). He says that they hope to be in the U.S. in September on home leave and that he longs to smell the air of Times Square and ride on a Fifth Avenue bus. He closes saying that he hopes the moon is shining as brightly in Nyack as it is where they are.
December 31, 1951 poem dedicated to Carson, "Remembering the Nyack Symposium"
February 19, 1953 note on U.S. Information Service stationary enclosing a magazine article
letter dated "Sunday" from Simone on stationary from Houghton Mifflin's Paris offices. Simone says she hopes Carson won't mind the stationary, but it was among her father's things. She says that they have received Rita's letter and are happy to hear that Carson is recovering and that what she needs is a long rest. She has asked Madame Joffre to pack and send Carson's books to Nyack, but that there may be a delay due to lack of money. She also mentions Carson's trunks which Madame Joffre and M. Levy [the McCullers' housekeeper and man-servant at their French home] have delivered to the Browns with instructions to forward to Nyack as well. Simone is concerned about some of the things to be shipped, such as silverware, porcelain and her clothing. There may be a heavy duty to get the silver through customs. She is also concerned that the porcelain is not packed well enough for shipment. They have, of course, not opened the trunks but want to know that it is well packed before they ship it. The clothes also will require a detailed listing to indicate that it belongs to Carson and thus will not subject to duties. The boys are well. "Today is John Brown Jr.'s 5th birthday, Papa is still working on his book, the dogs are being sweet."
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Cassette Tape 12 Side A -- Letters to Carson McCullers from John L Brown and and his wife. Simone
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1950s-1960s
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English
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Belgium
Byzantine architecture
Carl Brooks
Carson McCullers
church architecture
Cyrilly Abels
Dante
France
Georgetown University
Houghton-Mifflin
House Un-American Activities Committee
HUAC
John L. Brown
John L. Brown Jr
Joseph McCarthy
labor unrest
M. Levi
Madame Joffre
Margaret S. Sullivan
Marielle Bancou
Mary Mercer
Nyack
Paris
Reeves McCullers
Rita Smith
Simone Brown
strikes
The Member of the Wedding
Times Square
U.S. Information Service
United State Foreign Service
United States Information Service
US. Foreign Service
Washington D.C.
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MC 298
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Margaret S. Sullivan Papers (MC 298)
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These are the papers of Margaret Sue Sullivan, PhD (1935-2012). They include her school papers, research materials (mainly focusing on Carson McCullers and Lillian Smith) from graduate school through her later life, newspaper clippings of local and national events, copies of her dissertation, photographs, audio recordings and a varied and voluminous correspondence.
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1897-2011
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13 boxes (13 c.f.)
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Margaret Sue Sullivan, Caron McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Lillian Smith, American Literature, Margarita Smith, Rita Smith,
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Cassette Tape 21 Side B -- The Member of the Wedding Movie / Paris Jessie Letters
Carson McCullers
Margaret S. Sullivan
movie
The Member of the Wedding
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MC 298
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Margaret S. Sullivan Papers (MC 298)
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These are the papers of Margaret Sue Sullivan, PhD (1935-2012). They include her school papers, research materials (mainly focusing on Carson McCullers and Lillian Smith) from graduate school through her later life, newspaper clippings of local and national events, copies of her dissertation, photographs, audio recordings and a varied and voluminous correspondence.
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1897-2011
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Margaret Sue Sullivan, Caron McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Lillian Smith, American Literature, Margarita Smith, Rita Smith,
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00:19:23
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Margaret Sullivan begins the tape by saying "This concerns the translation by Andre Bay of the play of The Member of the Wedding which was planned in correspondence of June of 1958. The final letter, which I have copied elsewhere in French . . . a rough draft is given here of three, four pages and there's a note at the top that says "Dictated, we think, by Carson to Marielle Bancou for Andre Bay. Evidently this proposed translation, the idea for it went back many years for there is first of all an initial letter in French from Andre Bay which is undated". She continues with the undated letter, translating it into English. In it Andre Bay regrets not seeing Carson on her last trip to Paris comments on the success of The Member of the Wedding, and thinks that a production in France would be as successful. He suggests that Ethel Waters come to Paris for the production. (Sullivan comments that the top half of the letter is torn off)
May 17, 1951 letter, also in French, from Andre Bay in which he mentions getting an option to do her piece for a translation first and a production in Paris after that. He says that he will have his agent contact her producer. He was spoken of it to John L. [Brown?] and he is also enthusiastic about it
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MC298-5-1-014a
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Cassette Tape 20 Side A --Andre Bay Letters / The Member of the Wedding Translation
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1951, 1958
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English, French
Andre Bay
Carson McCullers
Ethel Waters
John L. Brown
Margaret S. Sullivan
Marielle Bancou
The Member of the Wedding
translation
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MC 298
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Margaret S. Sullivan Papers (MC 298)
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These are the papers of Margaret Sue Sullivan, PhD (1935-2012). They include her school papers, research materials (mainly focusing on Carson McCullers and Lillian Smith) from graduate school through her later life, newspaper clippings of local and national events, copies of her dissertation, photographs, audio recordings and a varied and voluminous correspondence.
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1897-2011
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Margaret Sue Sullivan, Caron McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Lillian Smith, American Literature, Margarita Smith, Rita Smith,
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Sullivan reading
October 21, 1953 letter from The London Magazine to Floria Lasky with information about the magazine
February 13, 1947 letter from Dennis M. Cohen of Crescent Press, McCullers' English publisher, sending her a copy of The Member of the Wedding and hoping to soon meet her. He also apologized for the appearance and quality of the book, explaining that post-war production difficulties were very great
February 16, 1953 letter from Cohen saying how pleased he is that the terms for re-printing The Heart is a Lonely Hunter are acceptable to her, and hoping that she will delay dramatizing the Diary of A young Girl [Anne Frank] and finish her new novel first
July 1, 1958 letter from Samuel French, Inc. enclosing the proof of McCullers' play The Square Root of Wonderful asking that she correct and return it. Do not approve Broadway version, only approve our original version as published by Houghton Mifflin. Same enclosed
advertisements dated 1962 and 1963 for Italian publishers, along with a Thomas Wolfe book
May 8, 1961 letter from John L. Brown on Foreign Service stationary for the U.S. embassy in Rome asking Carson to authorize an Italian publisher to include a chapter from Clock without Hands in his literary review. He asks how she is and says that they are all well
November 16, 1950 letter from Nunnally Johnson of 20th Century Fox, saying that there was no need for McCullers to answer his note since he knew she was ill. He recalled McCullers father and his drug store and its wonderful smell, the smell of old drug stores before the pneumatic rubber tuna fish salad days. (Sullivan interjects that Carson's father had a jewelry store and that Johnson must have been thinking of the drug store of McCullers' uncle Graham.) He hoped to meet her before long
Sullivan says "this letter was written to follow up the Andrew Bay episode, or in the middle of it rather, looking as if it had been ripped in half because it has been scotch taped back together". The letter is from Bill (probably Bill Hope, Sullivan adds). It is dated June 25, 1958 and was sent from Paris regarding the translation of The Member of the Wedding for a French stage production.
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00:13:49
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MC298-5-1-013b
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Cassette Tape 19 Side B -- Publishers Letters / Bill Hope
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1947, 1950-1960
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English
20th Century Fox
Andrew Bay
Anne Frank
Bill Hope
Carson McCullers
Clock Without Hands
Crescent Press
Dennis M. Cohen
Diary of Young Girl
Floria Lasky
Graham Smith
Houghton-Mifflin
John L. Brown
Lamar Smith Sr.
Margaret S. Sullivan
Nunnally Johnson
Samuel French Inc
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The London Magazine
The Member of the Wedding
The Square Root of Wonderful
Thomas Wolfe
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MC 298
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Margaret S. Sullivan Papers (MC 298)
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These are the papers of Margaret Sue Sullivan, PhD (1935-2012). They include her school papers, research materials (mainly focusing on Carson McCullers and Lillian Smith) from graduate school through her later life, newspaper clippings of local and national events, copies of her dissertation, photographs, audio recordings and a varied and voluminous correspondence.
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1897-2011
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13 boxes (13 c.f.)
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Columbus State University Archives
Columbus, Georgia
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Margaret Sue Sullivan, Caron McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Lillian Smith, American Literature, Margarita Smith, Rita Smith,
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00:25:07
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Sullivan begins the tape by saying, "This is a published article by Warren Boroson titled Leading Lady of Literature and it was published in The Record Weekend Magazine of October 22, 1960. I think the area must be northern New Jersey, Bergenfield/Hackensack. It is an interview with Carson McCullers." She goes on to describe the photographs that accompany the article before reading the article itself. The interview was around the time of the Broadway opening of The Member of the Wedding. Carson answers questions about her writing methods and also what other writers have influenced her.
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MC298-5-1-013a
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Cassette Tape 19 Side A -- Borosom Interview / Vogue Pound
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1960
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English
Carson McCullers
The Member of the Wedding
The Record Weekend Magazine
Warren Borosom
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MC 298
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Margaret S. Sullivan Papers (MC 298)
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These are the papers of Margaret Sue Sullivan, PhD (1935-2012). They include her school papers, research materials (mainly focusing on Carson McCullers and Lillian Smith) from graduate school through her later life, newspaper clippings of local and national events, copies of her dissertation, photographs, audio recordings and a varied and voluminous correspondence.
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1897-2011
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13 boxes (13 c.f.)
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Columbus State University Archives
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus State University Archives does not claim to control the rights of reproducing for all materials in the collection. The publishing party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of the U. S. Copyright Code and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Columbus State University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all suits, claims, actions, and expenses.
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Margaret Sue Sullivan, Caron McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Lillian Smith, American Literature, Margarita Smith, Rita Smith,
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00:31:24
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Margaret Sullivan reading:
Autograph, to Mr. Medsker
envelope to Mr. Westly Hartley in Anaheim
May 18, 1963 letter from McCullers to Robert Lantz in New York saying "I hate reading all this stuff, but I don't know what to do"
May 18, 1963 letter from Carson to John Ziegler saying "Dearest John, I wish you could find out Gordan Hall's cousin's name" and goes to ask that he do it without letting Gordon know that she asked. She explains that Gordon is coming for a visit and she doesn't want him to know that she doesn't remember his cousin's name
May 10, 1963 letter from John to McCullers and Mary Mercer saying how much they enjoyed their visit and thanking them for the candy they left with John and Edwin as a gift. Zeigler gives details of his and Edwin's plans to go to Europe in August and perhaps having an opportunity to visit them in Nyack on the way. He also tells of a planned trip to New York with Edwin's sister to see two performances of the Royal Ballet
May 18, 1963 letter (marked "Not sent at Mrs. McCullers request") from McCullers to Hy [or Ty?] Cohens asking him not to send her any books at this time and telling him "I have nominated Peter [Max] for the Academy; I have written to the Ford Foundation about him and also to the Guggenheim, closing with "Love to you and Helen"
the preceding was in reply to a letter from Hy [or Ty?] dated May 16, 1963 on World Publishing Co. letterhead asking McCullers, as a favor, to read an advance copy of a novel by a young Tennessean named Baker Hall and to comment either on or off the cover. He adds that he would like to introduce Peter Max to McCullers
May 28, 1963 letter from McCullers to Cecil Beaton at Warner Bros. thanking him for letter concerning the children's verses and hoping that he can come to Nyack for a real visit and referring to a letter from a kinsman to Tanya's saying that Clara is, as we would expect, very lonely and hoping that she can visit in the Fall. This letter has a note "Cecil's letter mailed to Robert Lantz 5-9-63
May 28, 1963 letter from McCullers to Jane Howard in London saying that Mary was overwhelmed by the jewels and saying that she doubts that either she or Mary could come to Europe this year since Mary plans to build a garage and she [McCullers] needs to paint her house, "therefore we will have to save our pennies for another season." McCullers adds that she is delighted hear that Jane is in love and tells her to "of course include him in the standing invitation to come visit in Nyack"
the preceding is in replay to a letter dated March 31, 1963 from Jane Hall to McCullers saying that she was happy to have heard from McCullers and was sorry to hear about her illness. She also hoped that Mary was amazed by the jewels, both as to quality and quantity. She adds that the TV piece they had done in the UK was much talked about. She [Jane} read a piece from the Ballad. She hopes they McCullers and Mary can come to England in the summer and that she and Colin could do things for her. She also adds that she is in love, but that it is a secret. She hopes to come to the U.S. and will let Carson know if it works out
June 20, 1963 letter Corso from Elizabeth Schneck to McCullers thanking her for her letter and a copy of "your brilliant play, The Member of the Wedding". She says that she had met with Carson's Swiss publisher in Zurich, who would be delighted to publish a translation of the play and he would write to Robert Lantz about the rights. She said that she had a hard fall in Zurich due to the weakness in her foot. Her doctor wants her to take a sulphur cure, but she can't until she finishes her translation of Faulkner's The Reevers. She goes on to discuss when would be best for Carson to visit Switzerland and suggests that it would better the next year rather than 1963
June 26, 1963 Carson's reply to Elizabeth Schneck commiserates with her about the difficulties of getting around with physical issues. She hopes to see Elizabeth in 1964 in Nyack
July 3, 1963 letter from McCullers to Elizabeth Schneck talking of the summer weather and goes on to say that the magazine with Annemarie's photograph and poem had disappeared and asking Elizabeth to send her another copy. McCullers goes on to describe a visit to "my lawyer and power of attorney [Floria Lasky] and her children . . .For the first time in 15 years I swam. For the first time in 15 years David and I danced to Mozart."
August 15, 1963 letter from McCullers to Mary Russell, saying "I have been faced with your problem and I do not know what to tell you so you must work it out yourself but I sent you all good wishes"
the preceding is a reply to Mary Russell's letter dated August 7, 1963 to McCullers saying that she was writing her master thesis in the works of McCullers and has reached a point where she can't justify to herself the completion of the thesis. She asks McCullers for her advice on continuing
October 31, 1963 letter from Gabriele Puspel to McCullers concerning some work on Dylan Thomas and asks about the times that he attended Carson's parties in London. She would like the names of other attendees and McCullers' impressions of Thomas
McCullers' reply to the preceding letter says that she met Thomas several times when Tennessee Williams gave dinner for McCullers' stay in St. George's Hospital in London. Edie Sitwell introduced me to Dylan
July 27, 1959 letter from Joan Snowden to McCullers c/o Houghton Mifflin, saying how moved she was by The Member of the Wedding
McCullers reply to the preceding is dated August 8, 1959 and says "I bless you for writing such a lovely letter to me."
letter dated "Wednesday" from Janet Flanner to McCullers enclosing a clipping from an east German publication and suggesting how she should respond to it
April 2, 1953 statement from McCullers saying "It has recently come to my attention through my friend Miss Janet Flanner of the New Yorker Magazine" that an east German communist magazine USA had recently reprinted portions from her book The Heart is a Lonely Hunter without her knowledge or permission. Furthermore, the comments about Karl Marx had been torn from their context and presented as if it represented her own personal opinion. "Nothing is farther off from the truth."
attached there is a copy of the magazine, with a picture of the Rosenbergs and their children on the cover
April 8, 1953 letter on U.S. Department of State stationary from the U.S. Embassy in Paris on behalf to Ambassador Dillon to Mr. [sic] Carson McCullers concerning the communication of March 30, 1953 and enclosing a copy of a letter sent by the embassy public affairs officer to Bonn regarding the matter. The enclosed letter, dated April 8, 1953, was addressed to the public affairs officer of the High Commission on Germany and stated that Mr. [sic] Carson McCullers objected to the unauthorized publication of an excerpt from his [sic] novel in an east German publication and they embassy in Paris would like to have copies of any pertinent communications relating to the efforts made in Bonn to deal with the matter
[there are several back and forth notes, statements and letters concerning this, with one bearing a hand-written note to McCullers from "John", who was probably her friend John L Brown who was assigned to the U.S. Embassy]
January 13, 1953 letter on Columbia Pictures stationary from Fred Zimmerman to McCullers offering her and Reeves a belated Happy New Years and going on to discuss the reactions to The Member of the Wedding, opining that the main point of agreement is that it will not a big money-maker. He reiterated his feeling that the movie should have been based on the novel and not the play but expressed his appreciation at having had the opportunity of being involved with the project
McCullers reply to the preceding is dated January 27, 1953 thanking Zimmerman for his letter and saying that she had been in Rome working on a script for Selznick that didn't go very well. She also told him that she was at work on a new novel, but was going to stop off to do a stage adaption of Anne Frank's diary for Cheryl Crawford
January 5, 1953 letter from McCullers to Mr. Ivo Chisea telling him that she has sent him a copy of her play The Member of the Wedding for his consideration for an Italian production
June 15, 1950 letter to Claire Fontaine, recommending Marty Mann's work on alcoholism
April 2, 1952 letter to Bob, Jennie and Carrie from McCullers proposing making the Ballad of the Sad Café into a musical instead of her original idea of an opera
December 5, 1950 letter from McCullers to Mrs. Hogan enclosing 4 poems for inclusion with the forthcoming omnibus edition of her works. She asked Mrs. Hogan to disregard any poems suggested by her sister [Rita] and to use them after Wunderkind if they are used.
Cassette Tape 19 -- Borosom Interview and Publishers Letters
Tape 19 – Side A – Borosom Interview / Vogue Pound -- 25 minutes and 7 seconds
Sullivan's Label: 19a Side 1 – Record (?) & the Boroson Interview – Published Vogue Books [MC 289-5-1-013a: Label]
Sullivan begins the tape by saying, "This is a published article by Warren Boroson titled Leading Lady of Literature and it published The Record Weekend Magazine of October 22, 1960. I think the area must be northern New Jersey, Bergenfield/Hackensack. It is an interview with Carson McCullers." She goes on to describe the photographs that accompany the article before reading the article itself. The interview was around the time of the Broadway opening of The Member of the Wedding. Carson answers questions about her writing methods and also what other writers have influenced her.
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Ballad of the Sad Cafe
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Cecil Beaton
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Claire Fontaine
Clara Spensen
Columbia Pictures
Dylan Thomas
Edith Sitwell
Edwin Peacock
Elizabeth Schneck
Ethel Rosenberg
Floria Lasky
Ford Foundation
Fred Zimmerman
Gabriele Puspel
Gordan Hall
Guggenheim
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Houghton-Mifflin
Hy Cohens
Ivo Chisea
Jane Hall
Jane Howard
Janet Flanner
Joan Snowden
John L. Brown
John Zeigler
Julius Rosenberg
Karl Marx
Margaret S. Sullivan
Marty Mann
Mary Mercer
Mary Russell
Mr. Medsker
Mrs. Hogan
New Yorker Magazine
Peter Max
Reeves McCullers
Rita Smith
Robert Lantz
Royal Ballet
Selznick
St. George's Hospital
Tennessee Williams
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Member of the Wedding
The Reevers
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Westly Hartley
William Faulkner
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Margaret Sullivan reading Carson McCullers materials:
February 17, 1963 (?) First part of a letter previously read from Mrs. Jessie McFail Kimbrow [?] saying in part "As your and Grafton's birthday will be soon be here I've been thinking about years ago. We lived across the street from you on 13th until 1912 [sic] when I married. . . I remember when Margarite had you practice the piano. Do you remember that lovely old piano? I think it was the Carson piano. Margarite loved music very much. . . We used to play dolls a lot together. I always had a cat. Your mother couldn't stand cats. . . [The letter contains more reminisces about family and friends]
June 3, 1963 Carson's reply June 3, 1963 thanking her for her letter "which carried me back to Columbus and the old days when I was a child"
August 15, 1963 letter from Carson to Clara Spensen with a note, "Was not mailed at Mrs. McCullers request", saying she had not written because of so many things that have been going on, that they are hoping that Montgomery Clift will be well enough to play Singer in the movie of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, hoped you would have visited in the fall and now hopes that she will be her companion in Nyack, as she was to "that divine Tanya", adding that Clara's time would be mostly free. Carson then says, "I am not alone in Nyack. I have a most beloved friend, Dr. Mary E, Mercer, who lives in her beautiful house on top of a mountain. Spiritually we share our lives together and without her I would not have survived my life the last five years. She has the tranquility of Out of Africa . . . She was my psychiatrist and after treatment she became my best friend and medical coordinator. She talks to all the doctors and translates to me what they say", adding that Clara is the only person she could feel comfortable dictating to
drafts of letters to John L. Brown and his wife Simone with various dates in March [year unknown but probably 1958 or 1959 from Carson saying that she is looking forward to seeing them in Rome, recently had an occasion of heart failure while she was climbing the steps of her psychiatrist's snowy terrace, "this is a sour spring day" but I am thinking I am looking forward to them coming home, recovering from another attack of heart failure, talks of Baudelaire, "come soon, soon, soon", talking about finishing Clock Without Hands
June 27, 1963 letter from Gabriele C. Talle [?] of Diogenes Verlag in Zurich to Robert Lantz about publishing translation of Member of the Wedding and The Square Root of Wonderful
July 8, 1963 Carson's reply to Floria Lasky saying since "I do not like Square Root, that is not important to me, but the rights to Member are, Robbie is unable to act because of Audrey, Carson has never felt that she was the agent for her and says that Audrey met her through her friendship with Tennessee and came to Carson while she in the Neurological Hospital, she does not know my reputation in Europe, my wishes are for Robbie to handle all rights to my works, she thinks that she and Audrey should part and asks Floria to instruct Audrey to let Robbie handle all issues relating to the rights to Carson's works
May 11, 1963 letter from Edward Albee, apologizing for not writing in so long and thanking her for the children's verses she had sent him and for reading them to him last summer on Water Island, commenting on how important the sound of her voice in her wonderful writing. He suggests that she should record them, with incidental music between them and suggesting that she talk with Robbie and Mary, closing by hoping that he and Terrence can see them before long
May 28, 1963 Carson's reply to Albee thanks him for his comments about the children's verses and saying that she will share is comments with Robbie and Mary. She also asks him, when he sends the script for Ballad to put her part in capitals and triple space the lines "so that I will be able to read it easily it and perhaps memorize by the time we record it". She explains that she has an obscure neurological defect that causes her to skip two or three lines at the time and "that is the reason I cannot read aloud. I am not going to be nervous about this because you promised me that you would help me. Do you think Mary's tape recorder would do? And where should we do it?" She adds "Tom has done his film play of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter . . .Monty Clift is going to play in it. Mary [Mercer] suggests very firmly that the recording should be done in Nyack to save energy and breath"
April 2, 1963 letter from Elizabeth Schnack thanking Carson for her kind letter and saying that she is happy Carson is going to Charleston for the Easter weekend and will be sending her some postcards of a Swiss landscape that is associated with Annemarie, adding how happy she is that she is being looked after so well by her friend and her housekeeper, hopes to re-translate McCullers older works since she has done Clock without Hands and her newer works into German after she finishes Faulkner. Elizabeth added that she had written something about her visit to McCullers in Nyack
May 28, 1963 Carson's reply says that her lack of a secretary is the reason for her delay in writing. She regrets that Elizabeth will not be coming to the U.S. until 1965. Carson and Mary had a lovely trip to Charleston. Does not much like Square Root of Wonderful and "on the other hand I dearly love The Member of the Wedding and wishes that that one would be issued by the Swiss publisher
August 23, 1959 letter from Carson to Edith [Sitwell] saying "My cousin Jordan Massee and I are thinking of you and Osbert with such lingering loving thoughts". She goes on to thank her for her superb anthology and hopes to see them again soon. Tells her that she has a novel half-completed. She went to a psychiatrist and "she not only restored me to my own soul" but took Carson to the very best hospitals where they found that they can operate on her paralyzed arm and leg. The stroke was caused by childhood rheumatic fever. "Meanwhile I have finished my analysis and my doctor and I are the very best friends. You will adore her as she already adores you."
August 23, 1959 letter from Carson McCullers to Jay asking him to write the Ford Foundation before their September 15th deadline nominating Carson for a grant saying that she intends to dramatize her forthcoming novel and to make an opera of Ballad
August 23, 1959 letter from Carson to Thornton [Wilder?] saying how much she loved his work and asking him to write the Ford Foundation to recommend her for a grant
undated partial letter from Carson to Cyrilly saying that her first instinct was to call, but wants him to know that I "am thinking of you with love. . ."
August 13, 1963 letter from Carson to Aunt Gertrude, Aunt Kenney and Uncle Bill asking for a favor. She says that the first time she made any money she sent her father an ebony cane with an engraved silver handle. When he died "we sent the cane to Uncle Henry". It had both Carson's and her father name on the handle. Now that Uncle Henry is dead, Carson wonders if the cane has been kept and if so, now that she has to use a cane to walk, she would love to have it, both for the family sentiment and for its usefulness to her
August 1, 1973 [sic, but probably 1963] letter from Oliver Evans saying that after having read all her work for the third or fourth time, "I am absolutely appalled by how much of it has been copied by Truman Capote", adding specific examples, although he likes Capote, but never before realized how derivative he is; he asks Carson some specific questions for his book on her [Sullivan breaks off the letter here].
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Clock Without Hands
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Diogenes Verlag
Edith Sitwell
Edward Albee
Elizabeth Schnack
Floria Lasky
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Gariele C. Talle
Grafton Kimbrow
heart failure
John L. Brown
Jordan Massee
Margaret S. Sullivan
Margarite Smith
Mary Mercer
Montgomery Clift
Mrs. Jessie McFail Kimbrow
Oliver Evans
Osbert Sitwell
Out of Africa
Robbie Lantz
Robert Lantz
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Simone Brown
Tennessee Williams
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Member of the Wedding
The Square Root of Wonderful
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Truman Capote
Water Island
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Margaret Sullivan reading McCullers letters:
April 14, 1946 letter from Sandy Campbell saying he had read The Member of the Wedding and asked for her to autograph his copy of the book
July 31, 1945 letter from Major Pope saying that when he and a friend had spoken to Kay Boyle during a visit to his command "last winter" she had mentioned "that you [McCullers] had more than ordinary misgivings about what sort of reactions your books and stories had produced". He read the Heart is a Lonely Hunter and found it intolerable that the human heart must be either lonely or a hunter, saying that the heart must be more flower-like than that and grows to a satisfaction deeper than the mind's discouragements, and that the end of the Ballad might hint at that conclusion
April 5, 1946 letter from Constance Coyle [?] of Houghton Mifflin about McCullers' dissatisfaction with her publishers' ad campaign for The Member of the Wedding and adding that her displeasure causes them very real chagrin. She enclosed reviews (including one from Newton Arvin) and copies of advertisements; included in the batch of materials are reviews for all McCullers' books, as well as reviews of Oliver Evans' book on McCullers, The Ballad of Carson McCullers, which Sullivan reads at great length
a series of telegrams congratulating her for success of The Member of the Wedding on Broadway and some of her responses
in addition to the telegrams of congratulations there is a telegram dated November 27, 19?? [Sullivan says that the year is smudged and unreadable] from Reeves McCullers to Mrs. Lamar Smith saying that Carson is much better but must see no one but Bebe, Rita, William and himself for some time. Will arrive LaGuardia on Air France on Sunday morning and will cable approximate time of arrival
September 4, 1951 telegram from Carson to Lt. Reeves McCullers asking to have bank airmail a notarized copy of her bank balance to London to enable her to sponsor Angelina for a visitor's visa
February 25, 1954 telegram to Mama from Charleston with get-well wishes from Edwin and John and closing "I embrace you, your own sister"
July 31, 1953 telegram from Floria Lasky to Princess Ceatani in Paris saying "Wires received. Due to situation, Reeves, Carson's affairs and confusion, she intends honor her obligations sending 300 dollars now for Augenblick. Have him send full details unpaid items. Also confirm to him Carson's previous advice not to accept any further items. Carson unwell. Send communications to me. Expect to resolve matter completely within week."
October 18, 1953 telegram to Lt. Madam Carson McCullers, "Sending one big trunk, personal belongings, silver angel, air mailed letter follows, Reeves Brown (Sullivan says, "This is also item 270")
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Augenblick
Ballad of Carson McCullers
Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Carson McCullers
Charleston SC
Contance Coyle
Edwin Peacock
Floria Lasky
Houghton-Mifflin
John Zeigler
Kay Boyle
Major Pope
Margaret S. Sullivan
Mrs. Lamar Smith
Newton Arvin
Princess Ceatani
Reeves McCullers
Sandy Campbell
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Member of the Wedding
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Margaret Sullivan reading "special letters of Carson"
Carbon copy of a letter dated "Sunday" from Margarita Smith [Rita Smith, Carson's sister] to Edwin [Peacock] and John [Zeigler] telling them that she and her mother are having a quiet day at home and that Sister [Carson] is in the Doctors' Hospital for a few days for some new and special treatment. She and Reeves have a passage booked on the America for May 20, and adding that she is distressed about his recent illness and her first trip to the NY zoo in Central Park, spring flowers are starting
undated letter from Tommy Bodkin enclosing a telegram and predicting that she will win the Critics Award, and hopes to see her before her trip to Ireland
undated letter from Tommy Bodkin enclosing a letter, misses her and hope that her treatment will kill her pain
November 20, 1951 letter from William March to Reeves, "sorry to have missed you and Carson", has been working and finished a novel called October Island to be published in England, and is going to start another in the new year
July 23, 1958 letter from Paula Sue Abrams thanking her for coming to Columbia to lecture and commenting on her work and its effect on the young, praising both her work and her person
dated July 31, 1958 letter from John Fieldman inviting her to speak at the Indiana University Literary Awards Banquet and offering her 500 dollars as a speaker's fee, as well as giving her some information about the University and the Award
July 19, 1958 letter from Alan Chestat [?] inviting her to attend an assembly program on literary topics, offering her 150 dollars as a speaker's fee
July 18, 1958 letter also inviting her to speak on a college campus
July 14, 1958 letter from A.S. Buarck of the magazine The Writer offering to publish her talk to Columbia University in the magazine
January 16, 1954 letter from Columbus from Archie G. Smith about a debate he had proposed to the Kiwanis Club twenty years earlier on whether environment or heredity had the greater influence on one's character, but which other members of the entertainment committee felt could not be done justice in such a limited time frame. He suggested that she take this topic on for a new book, and told her that he had a photograph of the Kiwanis Club taken on June 29, 1920 on the steps of the 1st Baptist Church. Her father is standing in the middle of the door, and in the group are the Rhodes Brown, President of the Kiwanis Club that year, and names other members
October 1, 1953 letter from Elizabeth Mitchie of Gaucher College inviting her to deliver a lecture at Gaucher College in Baltimore and offering her 500 dollars as a speaker's fee
May 1, 1952 letter to Mrs. Lamar Smith from Hannah Josephson of the American Academy of Arts and Letters saying that Mr. Paul Bigelow has delivered the typed manuscript of The Member of the Wedding for an exhibit and it has been insured for 5000 dollars, she also invites her and "your distinguished daughter" to the opening ceremonial of the exhibit and in a PS asks if there is photograph of Mrs. McCullers for use in the exhibit
honorary membership card for the International Mark Twain Society signed by Gail Cyril Clemens
note referring to cancelled checks, 25 shares of United Fruit not in deposit box, and asking about Reeves' power of attorney
plane tickets on BOC and excess baggage tickets from London to NY October 25, 1951
24 October, 1951 receipt for travel expenses London to NY
August 7, 1951 receipt from Dr. G. Williams for professional services
2 August,1951 receipt from the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth for first class passages for Reeves and Carson McCullers
August 8, 1951 baggage declaration and entry in NY signed by Reeves McCullers
November 30, 1950 letter from Nina Holton of Houghton Mifflin concerning her stories Wunderkin and April Afternoon
October 17, 1960 carbon copy of a letter from Hardwick Mosely of Houghton Mifflin to Robert Lantz expressing outrage at McCullers' decision to change publishers and hoping to have a chance to get her to change her mind
October 20, 1960 letter from Robert Lantz to Carson, with a cc to Floria Lasky, about a letter from Houghton Mifflin, and asking her to call him in regards to it
December 26, 1950 letter from Hardwick of Houghton Mifflin telling Carson about the results of their efforts in pre-selling the Ballad of the Sad Café and their planning for its official publication
December 27, 1961 letter from of Houghton Mifflin to Robert Lantz concerning the publication of Clock Without Hands in Braille
December 12, 1950 letter from Alfred Kantourovich [?] Verlag about a German edition of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
December 6, 1950 letter about the German edition of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
registration from the American Kennel Club for a bulldog [Christopher] of McCullers' born September, 1950
March 22, 1950 letter from John Chapman of The News: New York's Picture Newspaper asking to use a digest of The Member of the Wedding in The Next Best Plays
empty envelope mailed to Yaddo
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MC298-5-1-010a
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Cassette Tape 16 Side A -- Letters to Carson
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1950-1961
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English
A.S. Buarck
Alan Chestat
Alfred Kantouovich Verlag
American Academy of Arts and Letters
American Kennel club
Archie G. Smith
Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Carson McCullers
Central Park
Clock Without Hands
Columbia University
Columbus GA
Critics Award
Doctors' Hosptial
Edwin Peacock
Elizabeth Mitchie
First Baptish Church
Floria Lasky
G. Williams
Gail Cyril Clemens
Gaucher College
Hannah Josephson
Houghton-Mifflin
Indiana University Literary Awards Banquet
International Mark Twain Society
Ireland
John Chapman
John Fieldman
John Zeigler
Kiwanis Club
lecture
Margaret S. Sullivan
Margarta Smith
Mrs. Lamar Smith
October Island
Paul Bigelow
Paula Sue Abrams
R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth
Reeves McCullers
Rhodes Brown
Rita Smith
Robert Lantz
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Member of the Wedding
The News: New York's Picture Newspaper
The Next Best Plays
The Writer
Tommy Bodkin
translation
United Fruit Company
William March
Yaddo
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MC 298
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Margaret S. Sullivan Papers (MC 298)
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These are the papers of Margaret Sue Sullivan, PhD (1935-2012). They include her school papers, research materials (mainly focusing on Carson McCullers and Lillian Smith) from graduate school through her later life, newspaper clippings of local and national events, copies of her dissertation, photographs, audio recordings and a varied and voluminous correspondence.
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1897-2011
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13 boxes (13 c.f.)
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Margaret Sue Sullivan, Caron McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Lillian Smith, American Literature, Margarita Smith, Rita Smith,
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Sullivan reading letters:
April 1, 1946 [conclusion] from Christine Noble Govan about Wilson's review of Member
letter from Kenneth S. Sagen to Edmund Wilson excoriating his review
April 2, 1946 letter from Leonard Erving to Houghton Mifflin about the reviews of Member
March 24, 1946 letter from Howard Dowdy praising Member
July 7, 1945 letter from Rome on V mail from Corporal Klaus Mann describing his tour of war-torn Europe, hopes to meet Erika, hopes to be discharged before the end of the year, say hello to Reeves
"recent communications" note dated February 8, 1956 from Mary Rodgers;
Christmas 1958 postcard from Marielle Bancou saying "I never loved you and admired you as much as I do tonight"
photograph dated Paris, December 1960 with a letter saying "Darling I love you for having finished your book . . . "
August 6, 1967 letter from Marielle Bancou in London saying she would soon be in Nyack, and sending her love to Ida
Some letters typed by Carson McCullers in ALL CAPS to Mary Mercer; to Marielle about a planned cruise, about Mary Mercer's housekeeper going mad; to Marielle about the assassination of President Kennedy
Sullivan says "And here is a series of all kinds of letters to Carson"
February 4, 1950 from Ramsom H. Gurganes [?] who had met her back in Prohibition day
September 17, 1961 from Debora Davis referring to the Three Arts Club and remembering a "girl in burette and sneakers absorbed in a writer's workshop at Columbia in 1936 or 1937", "you gave me a tea pot which has survived four marriages"
July 12, 1963 from Edwin Peacock and John Zeigler with several photos dated April 1963 of them, Carson McCullers and Mary Mercer. The letter says Oliver Evans came to talk over their early days in Columbus and asking for tickets for the opening night of the play, and thanking them for gifts received from Mary and Carson
15 April, 1963 from Bob Walding [?] and Ed Berry saying that they treasure her friendship and remembering their times together in Columbus and other places, partly thorough reading her books;
21 October from Bob about an upcoming dinner party and a trip to New York, and possibly moving back to Indiana from Paris.
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MC298-5-1-008a
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Cassette Tape 14 Side A -- Special and Regular Letters 3
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1945-1967
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English
assassination
Bob Walding
Carson McCullers
Christine Noble Govan
Columbus GA
Debora David
Ed Berry
Edmund Wilson
Edwin Peacock
Erika Mann
Houghton-Mifflin
Howard Dowdy
John F. Kennedy
John Zeigler
Kenneth S. Sagen
Klaus Mann
Leonard Erving
Margaret S. Sullivan
Marielle Bancou
Mary Mercer
Mary Rodgers
Oliver Evans
Phohibition
Ramson H. Gurganes
The Member of the Wedding
Three Arts Club
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MC 298
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Margaret S. Sullivan Papers (MC 298)
Description
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These are the papers of Margaret Sue Sullivan, PhD (1935-2012). They include her school papers, research materials (mainly focusing on Carson McCullers and Lillian Smith) from graduate school through her later life, newspaper clippings of local and national events, copies of her dissertation, photographs, audio recordings and a varied and voluminous correspondence.
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1897-2011
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13 boxes (13 c.f.)
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https://archives.columbusstate.edu/findingaids/mc298.php
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Columbus State University Archives
Columbus, Georgia
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Margaret Sue Sullivan, Caron McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Lillian Smith, American Literature, Margarita Smith, Rita Smith,
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00:31:14
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These letters read by Margaret Sullivan include:
November 25, 1952 letter from Kay Boyle (Mrs. J.M. Franckenstein) saying that she was distressed to hear from Janet the day before that Carson had not received Boyle's note thanking her for her support right after the ordeal of the hearing. They still don't know the decision of the panel and may not for several weeks. [This is presumably the McCarthy hearings as a result of which von Franckenstein was fired from his job with the State Department]
June 14, 1951 note from Brooks Adkinson thanking McCullers for a copy of her book
June 28, 1951 note, also from Brooks Adkinson thanking McCullers in more detail after he had read her book, saying that in his opinion it is better than Hemingway and Faulkner
Mar 1, 1950 postcard from Claire Booth Luce congratulating her on her play;
February 22, 1961 postcard from Vanwicks [?] Brooks thanking McCullers for a "a nice message you sent me"
January 27, 1950 letter from John Van Druten who refers to The Member of the Wedding as "the best thing on Broadway since The Glass Menagerie, adding that he had thought for a long while that theatre should take over some of the work of the novel and that she had succeeded in her "widening of the camera lens" through the play
undated McCullers' reply to Van Druten thanking him for his letter and saying that his reaction to the play was the most insightful she had received, and referring to Tennessee Williams and how she met him after the novel The Member of the Wedding was published and closed by inviting Van Druten to come visit her in Nyack
February 7, 1950 note from Van Druten regretting that he was leaving New York to return to his home in California, but that he was seeing The Member again on Wednesday so that the last thing he would take away with him from the New York season would be her play
June 24, 1951 note from John Druten thanking McCullers for her gift of an autographed copy of her book of short stories
an undated, hand-drawn map of the way to Janet Flanner's home in the French country-side, with notes from Flanner and Margarita to Reeves
October 25, 1962 letter from Tennessee Williams asking how the lecture went and saying that he is back in Key West where the noise from jet fighters flying over kept him from sleeping and hoping that the Cuban crisis soon ends. He has paid off the mortgage on the Key West properties and enclosed a picture of him and Carson
Sullivan says "This letter that may have been in the Special Delivery envelope of July 8, 1958 from Peter Felderman hoping that Carson is better and promising to come see her after his visit to his grandmother
30 April, 1947 letter from Cyril Connelly asking McCullers for something to put in the upcoming special edition of Horizon
April 10, 1946 letter from Marjory Rowland praising The Member of the Wedding
the contents of a folder labeled Houghton Mifflin, April-May 1946 which includes several letters concerning reviews of Member, especially disagreeing with the review written by Edmund Wilson in The New Yorker.
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MC298-5-1-007b
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Cassette Tape 13 Side B -- Special Letters 2
Date
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1946-1962
Language
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English
Brooks Adkinson
Carson McCullers
Claire Booth Luce
Cuban missle crisis
Cyril Connelly
Edmund Wilson
Glass Managerie
Horizon Magazine
Houghton-Mifflin
House Un-American Activities Committee
HUAC
Janet Flanner
John Van Druten
Joseph McCarthy
Kay Boyle
Key West
Margaret S. Sullivan
Marjory Rowland
Mrs. J.M. Franckenstein
Peter Felderman
Reeves McCullers
Rita Smith
State Department
Tennessee Williams
The Member of the Wedding
The New Yorker
U.S. State Dempartment
Vanwicks Brooks
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MC 298
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Margaret S. Sullivan Papers (MC 298)
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These are the papers of Margaret Sue Sullivan, PhD (1935-2012). They include her school papers, research materials (mainly focusing on Carson McCullers and Lillian Smith) from graduate school through her later life, newspaper clippings of local and national events, copies of her dissertation, photographs, audio recordings and a varied and voluminous correspondence.
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1897-2011
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13 boxes (13 c.f.)
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https://archives.columbusstate.edu/findingaids/mc298.php
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Margaret S. Sullivan Collection (MC 298)
Columbus State University Archives
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus State University Archives does not claim to control the rights of reproducing for all materials in the collection. The publishing party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of the U. S. Copyright Code and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Columbus State University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all suits, claims, actions, and expenses.
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Margaret Sue Sullivan, Caron McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Lillian Smith, American Literature, Margarita Smith, Rita Smith,
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00:31:18
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These are letters from celebrities, close friends and some fan letters, read by Margaret Sullivan. They include:
a get well card from President and Mrs. Johnson dated January 23, 1967
a note from Robert Lantz dated May 12, 1966 saying that he knows that Brando has written and that John Huston hopes to see her in Ireland next year
a fan letter dated November 15, 1966 from "Antaclito", a Filipino immigrant whose real name is Zoro David
a note dated May 3, 1966 from Andre Girard describing his reaction to the film, The Member of the Wedding, and saying that he and Marielle hope to stop by to see McCullers the following week
a thank-you note with no date from Mary Rodgers Guattel
a note dated August 4, 1963 from Cheryl Crawford referring to Mary Mercer's Bentley and hoping to have a Bentley race with her
a letter from David Garrett dated November 19, 1959 about meeting McCullers at a party in New York with Hindu diplomats and Alsatian dogs and would like to visit her around Christmas
an undated note from Betsy Brewer about the acceptance of Aeneas' book of Greek sketches and a visit to her of Ben Edwards. She also asks McCullers how the arrangement for Alice Rowald's [?] apartment in Paris is going and comments that she hopes Edward Albee's play is going well [perhaps referring to the Broadway production of The Member of the Wedding.]
a letter dated September 11 [with no year but obviously written during World War II] from Mary M expressing worry about Reeves, asking about being able to publish an extract from Carson's current book in Bazaar, and knowing that Carson would like to be in France in the midst of the danger, but reassuring her that her writing was also very important
an undated note from H. William Vitalson thanking McCullers for a gift of her book, with a guest list on the back; a Special Delivery
envelop dated July 8, 1958 [empty]
a letter dated August [no year] from Pete about his time spent at the beach in Massachusetts writing 9 hours a day trying to finish his novel
a postcard of the Hollywood Bowl with no date from "Speed" and a note that says "Everyone loves your book"
a note dated October 7, 1953 from J. Jean Evans about some books they had discussed
a letter dated March 10, 1950 from Harold Strauss of Knopf Books declining to become Carson McCullers' editor until she had made a clean break with Houghton-Mifflin
a letter dated February 25, 1950 from Harrel Wolfolk thanking McCullers for her gift of an inscribed copy of her book and describing a frenetic housewarming party outside Charleston, South Carolina
a note dated March 6, 1950 from Egon Hostovskty congratulating Carson on the dramatization of The Member of the Wedding and saying that he hopes to see her soon
a letter dated November 7, 1959 from Mary Tucker and Carson's reply [unread since they were "transcribed by Mother"]
a letter dated June 8, 1953 from Cheryl Crawford addressed to "Darling Carson and Reeves" referring to her current work on a play, hoping that Carson will finish Clock since she's rolling on it and not interrupt that work with another play and wishing that Carson had seen Camino Real
a letter dated July 15, 1953 from Tennessee Williams saying that he is in Barcelona and Frank is in Rome. Just before leaving Rome he had tried to see Reeves in the hospital but he had already checked out. He said that his relations with Frank were strained. Paul Bowles is in Madrid and Williams had convinced Visconti to hire Paul to write some dialog for an Italian movie. Williams also mentions that he has heard that "Miss Capote" is in Europe but they haven't seen each other. He also talks about his bulldog, Mr. Moon, who is in Rome with Frank.
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MC298-5-1-007a
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Cassette Tape 13 Side A -- Special Letters
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Letters to Carson McCullers from celebrities, close fiends and selected fan letters.
Date
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1940s, 1950-1967
Language
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English
Alics Rowald
Andre Girard
Antaclito
Barcelona
Ben Edwards
Betsy Brewer
Carson McCullers
Cheryl Crawford
Clock Without Hands
David Garrett
Edward Albee
Harold Strauss
Harrel Wolfolk
Houghton-Mifflin
Jean Evans
Knopf Books
Lady Bird Johnson
Margaret S. Sullivan
Marlon Brando
Mary Mercer
Mary Rodgers Buattel
Mary Tucker
Paul Bowles
President Lyndon Johnson
Robert Jones
Rome
Tennessee Williams
The Member of the Wedding
Truman Capote
Visconti
World War II
WWII
Zoro David